CAFÉ COFFEE DAY VALUES- PRISM

PRIDE - I take pride in my work and in my organization.

RESPECT - I respect my customers, my subordinates, my peers and my

superiors.

INTEGRITY - I will show the highest level of integrity towards my work and
my company under all circumstances.

SELF - DISCIPLINE - I will imbibe and practice self-discipline in all my daily

activities.

MOTIVATION - I will always be motivated to give the best for my

organization, my team and my customers.
 COMPANY HISTORY

Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Limited (ABCTCL) is an

entrepreneurial venture of Chairman, Mr. V. G. Siddhartha. His passion for
coffee coupled with the opportunity provided by the deregulation of The
Coffee- Board in 1993 created the perfect timing for the launch of this
company. Their visionary Chairman could foresee the demand for Indian
coffee abroad and ABCTCL began exporting coffee to coffee connoisseurs
across USA, Europe & Japan. The "Coffee Day" as brand was born in the year
1994. In the year 2000, Coffee Day exported more than 27, 000 tones of
coffee valued at US$ 60 m and for the second time in a short span of 7 years
retained its position as the largest coffee exporter of India. In this short
journey of 12 years, the company has grown into six divisions and has
overtaken one milestone after another without looking back. Mr. V. G.
Siddhartha has a vision to further expand ABCTCL in the domestic and
overseas market.
 COMPANY BACKGROUND

Coffee Day sources coffee from 5000 acres of coffee estates, the 2nd largest
in Asia, that is owned by a sister concern and from 11,000 small growers. It
is one of India’s leading coffee exporters with clients across USA, Europe &
Japan.

With its roots in the golden soil of Chickmaglur, the home of some of the
best Indian Coffees and with the vision of a true entrepreneur nurturing it,
Coffee Day has its business spanning the entire value chain of coffee
consumption in India.

Its different divisions include: Coffee Day Fresh n Ground (which owns 350
Coffee bean and powder retail outlets), Coffee Day Xpress (which owns 251
Coffee Day Kiosk), Coffee Day Take away (which owns 7000 Vending
Machines), Coffee Day Exports and Coffee Day Perfect (FMCG Packaged
Coffee) division.

Café Coffee Day (CCD) pioneered the

café concept in India in 1996 by
opening its first café at Brigade Road in
Bangalore. Till about the late 1990’s
coffee drinking in India was restricted to
the intellectual, the South Indian
traditionalist and the five star coffee
shop visitor. As the pure (as opposed to
instant coffee) coffee café culture in
neighboring international markets grew,
the need for a relaxed and fun
“hangout” for the emerging urban youth
in the country was clearly seen.

Recognizing the potential that lay ahead

on the horizon, Café Coffee Day
embarked on a dynamic journey to become a large organized retail café
chain with a distinct brand identity of its own. From a handful of cafés in six
cites in the first 5 years, CCD has become India’s largest and premier retail
chain of cafes with 251 cafes in 58 cities around the country.
Cafe Coffee Day introduced the cafe culture in
India with its first cafe at Brigade Road in Bangalore
in 1996.There has been no looking back for their
company from then till now, in fact they have grown
from strength to strength.
Cafe Coffee day is the regular meeting place for 18
to 35 year olds, both male and female, who are
waited on by friendly and informed staff, and are offered the best made, hot
or cold , in an invigorating ambience.
They provide invigorating ambience and excellent customer service clubbed
with excellent coffee to their customers. Each cafe depending upon its size
attracts between 400 to 800 customers daily.
The following are ABCTCL 6 divisions:

Exports - India's largest coffee exporters. Currently export over 30000

tonnes of green coffee per annum, i.e 15% of India's coffee exports. They
have also ventured into specialty coffee exports.

Coffee Day Fresh and Ground- Major player in the roast & ground filter coffee
segment. It provides a unique assortment of blends at affordable prices. The
coffee is freshly ground in front of the customer and sold to him.

Cafe Coffee Day - It is a place where customers come and rejuvenate

themselves. It is a meeting place for the young and the young at heart. In
the café Hot and Cold coffee as well as merchandise are sold to the
customers.

Coffee Day Vending – To serve the man on the move who though hurry does
not have to compromise on quality of coffe he drinks. Coffee Day has its
vending machine placed in vendor outlets in major cities.

Coffee Day Express – Bridges the need gap between the leisurely cuppa and
the bite at the café and a quick drink at the vending point. In this segment
you would notice kiosks strategically positioned where a customer can not
only drink coffee but also grab a quick bite on the move.

Coffee Day 'Perfect'- For mass-in-home consumption section where filter

coffee is consumed everyday. The filter coffee is sold in packaged form to the
customers.
MISSION STATEMENT
 CAFÉ FORMATS

Café Coffee Day has been experimenting with café formats for quite
sometime.
Backed by the motivation of providing customers with exciting choices as
well
as constantly redefining ‘the café experience’, CCD has ventured into the
following formats:

Music Cafés provide customers with the choice of playing their favourite
music tracks on the Digital Audio Jukeboxes installed at the café! There are
around 85 cafes with such jukeboxes. 32 cafes also provide customers with
the visual treat of watching their favorite music videos by means of Video
Jukeboxes.

Book Cafés offer the perfect solution to people who think that the coffee
experience is incomplete without browsing through the bestsellers or reading
a classic. CCD’s book corners accentuate the age-old combination of ‘coffee
and books’. This exciting concept has been successfully tested at 15 cafes in
12 cities across India and the numbers are set to grow exponentially. CCD
has tied up with English Book Depot, one of India’s leading book distributors
for placement and rotation of reading materials appealing to Café Coffee
Day’s discerning customers.

Highway cafés presents the traveler en route not only with good coffee and
scrumptious snacks amidst great ambience but also with clean restrooms to
get rid of that weariness from the road!

Lounge cafés at Hauz Khas, Delhi and Southern Avenue, Kolkata(Southern

Avenue) and Hyderabad (Jubilee Hills) combines the style and luxury of a
lounge with the lively ambience and comfort of a café. With exquisite
interiors, exotic menu and thematic music, CCD
Lounge offers a whole new experience
to the connoisseur while assisting the latter
through its team of hostesses who are poise
and style incarnate and are looked upon as
fashion icons.
Garden cafés combine the joy of rejuvenating amidst verdant landscapes
and pots of coffee.

Cyber cafés combine the urge to surf, & not to mention get connected
through the internet while enjoying perfectly brewed cups of coffees, both
domestic as well as International blends! These are of course just
milestones. CCD is about to launch Sports Café, Fashion Café & Singles
Café……..
 LOGO

For a brand to stand out and be successful there has to be a personal

commitment from staff at all levels. The target customers must identify with
it. It should be vibrant and have a “life” of its own. Liveliness, growth, fun
and passion depicts our brand, our customers, our staff and our future – this
is embodied in our design and colour.
Our LOGO colours embody:

Red Square= Leadership, passion

White Swirl = Purity of purpose, invigorating
properties of coffee
Green Stroke = 125 years of coffee growing heritage
of
this vertically integrated Group
 BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

CCD has emerged as an interactive alternative media for brands to

communicate with the ‘young at heart’.

Other media, such as electronic, print and

outdoor, offer brand communication
through visual and audio modes to a large section
of the populace, both relevant and irrelevant. Café
Coffee Day offers a much more interactive,
targeted communication, sometimes
adding even a taste dimension to a brand idea!

Various in-café collaterals used to impart visibility

to a brand inside a café or to add the element of
interactivity to a campaign are Posters, Tent Cards, Danglers, Leaflets,
Brochures, Coasters, Drop boxes, Contest Forms, Stirrers, Standees etc.

Over the years, CCD has successfully promoted a number of

brands/products/events through various innovative tactics and promo ideas.
Cashing in on its mass captive audience
 AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

• Cafe Coffee Day was named Food Services Retailer of the Year and
Exclusive Brand Retailer of the Year at the 1st ICICI Bank Retail
Excellence Awards function in 2005.

• Cafe Coffee Day was rated the No. 3 food services brand in Business
World and Brand Equity surveys in 2004.

• Cafe Coffee Day was ranked as the 3rd best" Retail F 6t B" chain in
India in the Brand Equity survey in 2004.

• Mr. V.G. Siddhartha, Chairman (Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading

Company Limited) received the " Economic Times - Entrepreneur of
the year 2003 "award.

• Cafe Coffee Day has had a hat trick victory in the India Barista
Championship. For 3 years in a row, 2002, 2003, 2004 CCD has won
all the top awards and its representative has gone on to represent
India at World Barista Championships, winning silver medal in 2002
and 5th place in 2004 for the country.
 DEPARTMENTS AT CAFÉ COFFEE DAY

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:

The team decides upon a suitable site where the cafes can be set up. They
identify, shortlist, and finalize a site by negotiating with property owners. A
significant effort is involved in getting legal clearances and statutory
compliances. After all formalities are completed, the site is handed over to
the projects team.

PROJECTS:

The team comprises of some of the best designers who ensure that the
coffee culture is spread across the country through beautiful outlets. All new
cafes are built with a standardized design and the look of the café is in sync
with the brand positioning. They aim to build cafes in the shortest possible
time, at the least possible costs to capital outlay. A recent innovation is the
Lounge cafes, which are set up in Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata.

OPERATIONS:

This team achieves their sales objectives and is responsible for the daily
running of their cafes in a profitable manner. Customer interaction is very
important for this team, as they are the ones who interface with the
customer and provide them with a satisfactory service and product
experience. Café managers train all their employees who are involved in day-
to-day operations.
The café staff is their brand ambassador. The brand image of café coffee day
is and will be reflected through them by the way they dress, behave and
carry themselves , both within the organization and outside. They are the
face of the company since they will be the first point of interaction with the
customer.

FOOD AND BEVERAGES {F & B}:

CCD are a lot more than coffee. Apart from serving the best coffee in the
country they also serve a wide assortment of savories and desserts. The
various coffee concoctions that they serve are the creations of their F&B
team. They also ensure the highest level of hygiene and food quality. They
impart training to the team on the preparation of the best quality of coffees
and food at their cafes. The F&B team sources and manages vendors who
supply food to the cafes.

MARKETING:

The marketing team is responsible for the brand positioning and all brand-
building activities that result in increased sales and greater visibility. They
are also responsible for the various sales promotion activities and tie-ups.
This team designs and manages the merchandise category, which is
displayed and sold at their cafes. They constantly track loyalty programs and
promotions at the cafes to help minimize sales. The café citizen program is a
unique customer loyalty tool, which helps us to create new customer and
retain existing ones by rewarding them with handsome points, which can be
earned and redeemed at the cafes.

HUMAN RESOURCES AND TRAINING:

The HR team deals with all matters pertaining to people within their team.
They are responsible for recruitment and selection at all levels from team
members to the management staff. They are responsible for employee
salaries, career development and counseling. Constant efforts are made for
employee up gradation in terms of improving skills and job satisfaction to
meet the aspirations of all employees.

ACCOUNTS:

They look after the day to day accounting and financial activities and also
provide them with the financial reports, which will help them, find out the
profitability of the outlet. They help them reduce the costs and ensure
compliance and fiscal discipline at the cafes.

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM:

Their function is mainly to update the point of sale software and the café
website and provide MIS reports to aid management. They also look into any
other system malfunctioning, repairs, and replacements at cafes and offices.
The café staff is trained on the billing software by this team. Their new
initiative is the phased roll – out of the Wi Fi point of sales billing system.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT:

This is the team, which ensures that all stock keeping units of items used in
the café are received at stores from vendors and distributed to the cafes on
time. They receive store orders and maintain the inventory of stock keeping
units so that cafes do not run out of critical supplies at any point.

Business development team:

Café Coffee Day have a department-the business development team- who

are in touch with a lot of property owners who are interested in franchising
and licensing CCD. They normally take up places on long lease.

Company finance

CCD is a privately held company. The group turnover is expected to touch

about Rs three billion now. It was Rs two and half billion last year.

Advertisement department

The advertisement department tied up with various companies to promote

CCD. They also tied up with a channel called Zee English with a ground
programmed for a popular show called Friends. All the six lead characters
were shown often visiting a coffee shop and a lot of youth like watching the
programme. That is why they had a contest running where you could win
Friends' merchandise. The linkage was that it was that it is a youth based
programme and it had a coffee house.

They were also involved in a lot of ticket sales in quite a few events, Enrique
being one of them. They were involved in WWE, Elton John ticket sales.
These acts are very much appreciated by the consumers.

The ticket sales are the organizers' benefit. They need to tell people where
the tickets are available and single Café Coffee Day logo says it all.

CCD always asks for a certain amount of tickets around which they have a
contest. Couples can win ticket for free. This in turn raises the awareness
level as cafe staff approaches the consumers to inform them about the
contest. There is not a better publicity mechanism then the guy who is
serving you telling you about the same.

Besides that they also tie up lot of the youth brands. Their promise to the
customer is that a lot can happen over a coffee. So every time they try to
ensure something good happens to the customer. So they have a contest
going on with Levis, another one with Scooty, and latest contest with Liril.

CCD still doesn't believe in mass media promotions. But they want to be
involved in all the areas of serious consumer passion. They are doing it with
music. About 80 per cent of their cafés have a juke box and a few of their
cafes are now book cafes.

Next big consumer passion is Bollywood, so they have decided to be

associated with movies. they had a Hindi movie Bas Yun Hi and a couple of
Telugu and Tamil films with prominent Cafe Coffee Day brand placement.
Later they took a conscious decision of being seen in certain movies like
Khakee and Main Hoon Na and Bluffmaster being the recent hit.

Another placement area that happened accidentally was with HDFC. They
wanted to promote their debit card and they choose us. So all the 21 cafes
had debit card machines, just during that month. The ad was shot in a Cafe
Coffee Day premises.

A lot of serials are shot in Cafe Coffee Day. Recently, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
was shot but they have no prominent tie ups.

What they are offering is just a location to shoot in. They do charge a very
small amount, which is the direct revenue loss for that period.

They have done ads but all through barter deals. If they get a good deal
from any other media, they will definitely go in for a marketing deal. But as
an advertisement option or as a marketing spend, they are not looking at
mass media.

Quality checks

Quality checks take place all the time and in several aspects. The operational
in-charge will go around checking business, record keeping, service and
check the feedback forms. The food in-charge will look at the way food is
being stored, coffee is being made, what is the time take to extract the
coffee and so on. Marketing person will go about checking displays, how the
merchandise are displayed.
 CAFÉ COFFEE DAY IN COMPETITION

If you are talking about Cafe Coffee Day as meeting place then the park
bench is their competitor, if you are talking about in terms of food and chain
then McDonalds is a competitor and so are other coffee chains like Barista
And Mocha. In fact they are aiding each other in creating and growing the
coffee culture.
They are not trying to be some one else. They are not trying to be an upper
class coffee shop where you can walk in only if you have certain amount of
money in your pocket. These are the upper end coffee shops that have
hookahs and the works.
They are about an every day hang out. They are about being the third most
frequented place after home and workplace or college. So they are like the
coffee chains overseas but with about affordable fun. they have a distinct
identity; they are about coffee and about hanging out and about nice time
spend.
 HYGIENE & FOOD HANDLING

• Employees use tongs or wear gloves to handle food items. They cannot
USE BARE HANDS.
• Cutting Boards and knives to be washed and wiped dry every hour.
• They always have to use clean and dry plates and bowls, cutlery while
serving food.
• Clean the refrigerators before opening, and while closing.
• Cannot use chipped plates, cups.
• Cant open the mineral water bottle, tomato sauce sachets, before and
also at the time of service
• The racks (where crockery are kept) should always be clean.
• Pantry area should be clean and dry all the time.

Food Usage:
• Use first in rust out method.
• Order on a day-to-day basis.
• No food should be kept beyond the shelf life.
• The display has to be clean all the time.
• Only the fresh food received has to be used for display.
• Stack foods neatly on display plates.
• All the food, which is supposed to be microwave, has to have a paper
underneath and then transferred to a new plate.
• All items stored at room temperature to be covered at all times either
by a toed cover or wrapped in cling film.
• All the cakes will be cut when they are received in the morning by the
cafes.
• A clean knife dipped in hot water and then wiped to be used to cut the
cake. Rinse the knife after each cut with hot water.
• The appropriate cutlery and accompaniments have to be provided along
with the food.
• The food should not be heated along with the cling wrap.
• The food has to be taken care of while packing up the food for parcel
order.
• Thumb rule to be followed while storing food in the coolers. (Display as
well as back up ones) (All the pastries on the top shelf the vegetarian
Savories on the center and the non-vegetarian Savories on the bottom
shelf.)
• Reject food items which appear damaged while receiving food.
 • Date/Color code stickers should be placed on all food.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

PAY PERIOD:

Café coffee day’s employees are paid on a monthly basis. One shall receive
one’s pay by the seventh working day of the subsequent month. One can
access salary slip by logging onto cafécoffeeday.com/attendence, when the
window opens click on the “GO” button. One will have to enter the user name
and password. One’s employee code is the user name and password by
default. Once login they can change the password by using the change
password option.

MEDICAL INSURANCE POLICY:

Café coffee day had a tie-up with insurance agencies with policies such as
the group personal accident insurance and group health insurance policy.
This is only applicable to employees who are conformed in the organization.
Details of the same can be availed from HR department.

STATUTORY DEDUCTIONS:
EMPLOYEE PROVIDENT FUND:

All full time employees who are appointed on the company’s rolls are eligible
for the provident fund schemes, which is a social security fund payable to on
retirement. As per the provisions, employees must contribute 12% of their
basic salary and an equal contribution will be made by the employer.
The nomination form {Form 2} is filled at the time of joining. Yearly returns
will be provided. Please collect PF number from regional HR resource. It may
take around 15-20 days from the time of filling and submitting the form.

EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE:

This is provided to employees who’s gross salary is Rs 7500/- p.m. or less

and the benefits provided under the scheme are for sickness, maternity etc.
the employee has to contribute 1.75% of his gross salary and the employer
contributes 4.75% of the employee salary under the scheme. The completed
ESI form along with two post card sized full length photographs should be
submitted for ESI registration.
Please collect ESI card number from regional HR resource.
 GUIDELINES FOR PERSONAL GROOMING AND HYGIENE

• Clean uniforms have to be worn everyday.

• Store dirty uniforms and linen away from food items and clean linens.
• All male employees should come well-shaved, short haircut, trimmed
moustache, and clean and short nails. No full beards or French beards are
allowed except for religious reasons.
• Wear a light deodorant to mask perspiration odour.
• A hair net should be in place for ladies with long hair.
• The cap is a protective hair gear. Please ensure that hair is well concealed
within the cap.
• All employees should regularly wash their hands with anti-bacterial soap
before beginning duty and after taking breaks.
• Spitting, smoking, chewing gum, betal leaf or supari is not allowed within
the café premises.
• If smoking outside the café premises, use a breath freshener and wash
hands after smoking.
• Those with infected wounds, cuts, open sores, boils, intestinal illness, any
infection, bruises, coughs or colds should not prepare or handle food.
 HOW A CAFÉ COFFEE DAY CAFÉ IS MAINTAINED?

INTERIORS:

• Wall finishes are washable. Clean them whenever necessary.

• Do not hang merchandise from electrical conducts on ceiling. These are of
a clip-on type and loading them will pull them off from their saddles.
• Do not keep wipe pads on the counter top.
• If terra cotton pots are being used in café, they are to be painted with red
oxide paint once in 3 months.
• Do not force shut the glass doors, but allow it to close of its own accord.
Forcing the door shut damages the spring inside.
• Do not place merchandise on top of wall visuals/mirrors.
• Outdoor café floors need to be washed more often.

LIGHTS:

Red cube lights and cove lights above the survey are to be kept switched on
always.

GENERATOR:

• Check the water/oil/fuel levels in DG regularly.

• Always allow a fifteen second time gap between switching on the DG and
flipping the change over switch.

OUTDOOR:

• Umbrella’s should be opened fully and made taut. They should not sag.
• Umbrellas and awnings should be washed with water once a week.
• Doormats have to be cleaned at regular intervals with water.
 REWARDS

The management believes that rewards offered by the company should be

meaningful and valuable to the employees. The rewards are always based on
attainable goals, they believe in SMART goal stetting { S- specific, M-
measurable, A- attainable, R- realistic and T- time bound}. The rewards are
clear, understandable and open to all. The main focus of the rewards is to
recognize performance and motivate the high performers.

TYPES OF REWARDS:
• An employee is chosen based on criteria such as excellent customer
comments, and maintenance of quality product standards that will be
publicized well in advance.
• The “employee of the month” will feature in the café magazine “café beat”.
• Select “café of the month” that will be featured in the café beat.
• Select “employee of the month” that will be displayed at the café.
• Certificate of appreciation from the regional head.
• Participation in city/ regional/ national café managers context.
• Consistent and loyal employees with a good performance will be rewarded
with employee stock options.
 MAJOR RESPONSILITIES

TEAM MEMBER

Responsibilities

Customer service
• Serve the customer with a Smile, to their satisfaction.
• Should collect their handheld from the Docking station wear its belt on
their necks and park it in the pouch.
• Provide speedy and effective Customer Service.
• Follow all service standards laid down.
• Ensure customer feedback forms are collected on a daily basis.
• In case of complaining customers, take suitable action to solve the
complaints.
• Keep Café Manager informed of all complaints.
• Responsible for table turnover.
• Never get into an argument with customers.
• Should constantly employ suggestive selling practices to make
customers aware of new products and current promotion.

Cashiering
• Printer is in working condition.
• Cash pouch has minimum float to start with.
• Handheld terminals and batteries are in good condition.
• Manager is intimated about the login password.
• Logout and hand over proper physical count of cash and the terminal to
the next person – in the presence of the Café Manager- every time you
leave the café.
• Bills are made for every order.
• Transfer- in and GRN entries are entered for the day.

Cold Coffee Products/Food Service

• Recipes of cold coffee and cool drinks are adhered to.
• Pastry cooler display is setup using appropriate tent cards.
• The temperature of the refrigerator, freezer, and ice cube machine is of
desired level.
 • Microwave, Mixer, Griller and Oven are in working condition and kept
clean and hygienic.
• Shelf life of food is followed strictly and FIFO is maintained for storage.
• Food is dispensed at standardize service temperature.
• Food is handled using disposable gloves and tongs and never bare
hands.
• Servery is kept clean and hygienic and avoids all sources of
contamination.

Café Opening Duties

• Setting up the counter for the day’s operation.
• Receipt city store items like coffee beans, cold coffee mix & cups and
stationery and perishables like food, milk.
• Check on equipment (pastry cooler, AC, microwave, mixie, refrigerator,
ice cube machine, and freezer) for cleanliness and ensure they are in
proper working condition.
• Cleanliness of the café interiors, exteriors and servery.
• Before they are handed over the terminal, it is the team member’s
responsibility to see to it that the terminal is in good condition.
• While taking the terminal, if there are damages noticed, Team member
shall report it on the register counters signed by café manager or his
nominee.
• If the terminal batteries need to be changed or recharged then team
member shall hand over the batteries to the café manager or his
nominee and collect charged batteries from him.

Café Closing Duties

• Cleanliness of all equipment and thorough cleaning of the café.
• Checking the physical stock with assistance from the café in-charge.
• Ensure food beyond shelf life is discarded and food to be retained
overnight is stored t proper temperature.
• Assist the manager in compiling reports and updating registers etc.

Part Timer/Weekender
• The responsibilities of a Part Timer/Weekender are similar to that of a
team member.
• Every Part Timer/Weekender should stringently follow these duties with
a smile with utmost diligence, zeal and application.
 • The duty hours of the Part Timer/Weekender will be as specified by the
City Manager/Area Manager.
• As you grow within the organization, you will be briefed about new role
and responsibility.

Brew Master
Responsibilities
• All standard recipes of coffee are strictly adhered to and maintain
uniform quality of these recipes at all times.
• Coffee Machines, Coffee Grinders and dispensers are cleaned and
maintained well and all preventive maintenance procedures are carried
out.
• Hot coffee is prepared as specified by the F&B Department.
• Excess coffee is stored in airtight containers at the end of the day.
• Grammage and flow of espresso is as per standards.
• Ensure speedy production of pending orders.
• Knowledge about storage and shelf life of coffee and food related
products.
• Proper closing and opening of pantry and keeping the work area clean
and hygienic.

Manager In Charge Of A Café

Responsibilities
• Should maintain a positive image of CCD (café coffee day)
• Sport a smile always, as you are the Brand Ambassador.
• Achieve sales in a focused and planned manner.
• Achieving sales target daily.
• Table turnover and efficient customer handling.
• Handle pressure during the rush hours by ensuring proper pre-rush
preparations.
• Allocating assignments and targets to the staff working in the floor
area.
• Constantly review all suggestive selling practices employed by the café
staff.
• Ensure all items on the menu are available at all times.
• Responsible for customer feedback forms.
• Forecast orders accurately to minimize wastage.
• Maintain legally required licenses and others documents as required by
local authorities.
• Implement other assignments delegated by the city manager from time
to time.
• Should coordinate with the regional head and marketing department for
various products launches and other marketing initiatives to improve
sales.
• Be responsible for all materials and machinery.
• To ensure that all the terminals are docked to the docking stations when
not in use.
• Have complete knowledge of all standard operating procedures
governing the café and implement the same at all times.
• Maintain all records, reports and vendor/utility bills correctly.
• Maintain all opening & closing forms and formats.
• Adhere to all opening, closing, quality & consistency standards laid
down by the company.
• Accountable for maintaining the stocks for smooth operations.
• All service standards, hygiene standards and cleanliness of the entire
floor areas are maintained.
• Maintaining all product standards, coffee standards and recipes as
specified by company policy.
• Planning the counter and ensuring proper workflow is maintained.
• Speedy products of all hot coffee, cold coffee, food, other beverages
and desserts.
• Ensuring all machines including the nurit terminal and the kiosk behind
the counter are in working condition. Intimate the café manager
immediately in case of any breakdown.
• Food standards and hygiene are maintained all times.
• Responsible for depositing the daily sales proceeds of the cafe in the
bank.
• Ensure all stocks and inventories are properly accounted for.
• Practice wastage control and spot audits so as to have control over the
raw material costs.
• Take the responsibility of charging the batteries and docking the
terminals. When the café manager is not present, only a senior team
member designated by the café manager shall take responsibility of
charging the batteries and docking the terminals.
• Coordinate and leave messages in the logbook regarding pending jobs
for the next shifts manager.
• Ensure fresh recruits get both on the job and classroom training.
• Ensure appropriate briefings and meetings are conducted to disseminate
information and collect feedback.
• Conduct regular appraisals on the performance of his/her team member
and discuss strategies for improvement of their performances.
• Solving customer problems amicably. But if unable to do so, inform the
reporting authority.
• Handle waiting customers efficiently. Fund them a seat and making sure
that they do not go away.
 HANDLING RUSH

Typically 80% of the business happens in 20% of the time & cafes will have
distinct ‘lean’ & ‘rush’ periods. CCD cannot prepare rush hours during rush
period,& therefore they have to prepare well in advance & have the café
ready in all respects.

PRE-RUSH PREPARATION
To ease workload & handle rush hours better
• Forecast the sales for the rush period
• Accordingly, ensure there are no stock out situations of any item on the
menu.
• All the stock items or the food items should be well within reach &
enough to last during rush hours
• Staffing should be adequate & work should be allotted well in advance &
there should be no confusion about who is doing what
• Any breaks for the staff or change of old shift to mew shift staff should
happen before rush time starts
• Pep up the staff
• If needed have one staff taking care of table turn over & ensure guests
are received & seated
• The counter should be set up in a way that can help reduce clutter,
crossovers between work areas & reduce the possibility of staff making
mistakes.

TIPS
• Portion out cakes , brownies etc.
• Refill sugar bowls , tissue box , straws & food stocks during free time
• Make sure all the cutlery & crockery is washed ,wiped & ready for
use
• Re-arrange spoons & plates size wise
• The cold coffee powder dispensers should be full & new packets
should be well within reach
• Steam & keep enough milk in the refrigerator for cold coffee
• Clean the milk steamer for good froth
• Fold & keep readily 6 to 8 T/A boxes & 2 to 3 parcel boxes
• Wipe & keep the counter clean & clutter free
• Ensure the servey & seating area is well cleaned .Mirrors , glasses
,table tops etc should be wiped down & floors should be swept &
mopped clean
 • Place importance on cleaning outside the café & replace fresh
garbage bags in the garbage bins
• There should be enough diesel in the generator & in storage
• Check air conditioner for efficient performance
• Check water level in the storage tank
• Check water level in the boiler of Espresso machine
• Make sure have enough change in the cash drawer

Once pre rush preparations are done, ensure you have a positive mental
attitude & work on speed consistently .Enjoy work & be self motivated to
beat the rush.
Be calm & in control of the situation. A well planned counter, which is set up
in preparation for rush hour, will go a long way in providing speedy customer
service .A cross trained& multi skilled team member can rotate between
work stations to ease any pressure points.

PROPER RUSH HANDLING WILL ENSURE:

1. Excellent service, top notch products & a great ambience for
customers
2. The operation is well planned & products are kept available readily &
we do not get into run out of stock out situations .This means all
team members will find handling the RISH ROUR very satisfying &
fun
3. That you always evaluate how the last rush period was handled &
correct any past mistakes.
 SEVEN STEPS OF GREAT SERVICE

WELCOME THE CUSTOMER

Acknowledge customers presence at the café. A smile goes a long way.
That is guaranteed.

• Open the door to receive a customer & greet him courteously with a smile
• Meeting greeting & seating the customer in a warm & friendly
manner sets the ball rolling for the service that follows .It will reflect in
voice
• Check whether the customer wants a takeaway or will be seated
at the café
• Take his preference if possible & direct him to available vacant
tables. Request the customers to be seated & introduce self.

2. TAKE THE ORDER & PRESENT THE BILL

A confident demeanour & good menu knowledge will help you to assist the
customer to his satisfaction
• Hand over the menu to the customer & if not ready return to take
the order in a few minutes
• Help the customer choose the right coffee or food by explaining in
detail the attributes of the product. It is important that you recommend
special product & add – ons & combos of food & beverages to the
customers. Suggestive selling will help you offer customers a better choice
of their products.
• When the customer is ready to give the order , use handheld
terminal. Choose “SELL” amongst user functions. Enter the table number &
the number of people. Take the order.
• Check if the customer is the café citizen ,if not, enroll the customer
in the café citizen program
• Inform customers at what time they should expect order to be
served. For eg. ” order will be served in 10 minutes. Sir”
• Print the order confirmation cum bill & place it in the folder on the
table.

TIP: use one liner terminology to describe product & its benefits to the
customer.

3 .SALVER SERVICE
 Serve the customer at the promised time & know the products that you are
about to serve .Pride in products will enhance the customers confidence in
their brand.

Arranged the readied products on a salver

• Serve the food first & serve the cold coffee , hot coffee or other
beverages later. However check the customers preference. For eg. “Can I
serve the food items first, Sir or would you like everything to be served
together?”
• In case of no specific customer preference serve food first followed
by coffee/ beverages
• Announce the name of the product while you serve the product
• Remember who ordered which coffee / food in case of a group &
serve the items accordingly
• If there are four people gathered at a table, then bring the coffee
two at a time. Else, if you wait to bring all four together, the first two will
not retain their temperatures.
• In case there are any delays after announcing the time of service,
please keep the customer informed of delay.

TIP:Ensure that you have served all the mandatory accompaniments with the
food & beverages like sauces , cutlery , napkins etc..

VERBAL FEEDBACK & REPEAT ORDER

A feedback on existing service would help you improve performance in
future .Also, the customer will feel more valued & important.

• Keep an eye on the tables in allocated section

• Check with the customer if they would like some more coffee , snacks
or desserts
• Interact with as many as customers as possible & get their
feedback on the service & product. For eg. Hope you liked the coffee
Sir! I hope you found the service friendly & prompt. Is there any way
we can improve our quality of coffee, food or service

TIP: If you ask for feedback, you are sure to receive comments from
customers
5 .CLEARANCE
Prompt clearance of the tables ensures that customers find the café
seating area clean, hygienic & presentable when they are seated at the
tables

Clearance should be very prompt

• Clear empty plates, cups & soiled napkins from the table using a salver
• Ensure that the surface & edges of the table is wiped with assigned
scrubber .Use a spray gun to dampen the table with a cleaning agent
prior to wiping the table.

BILL SETTLEMENT & CUSTOMER FEEDBACK

MAKE THE POST SERVICE WAITING PERIOD EASY & FAST FOR THE
CUSTOMER

• When the customer is ready to leave check the amount of the bill from
handheld & tell him the overall amount payable
• Once the customer places the cash, remove the bill folder from the table
& clear the transaction promptly
• Request the customer to fill up the comment card. ”I would be delighted
if you could kindly fill up our customer comment/ feedback form while I
return with the change, Sir!”
• Present exact change to the customer & collect the comment card.”
change, Sir!”
• In case of any negative comment , tackle the situation before the
customer leaves the café .Acknowledge good comments too.

7. PARTING REMARKS
Show customers that we value them & want them to return. A pleasant
parting remark would ensure that customer comes back to café
• Thank the customer for choosing CAFÉ COFFE DAY. And how delighted
you are to be of service to him. “Thank you for choosing CAFÉ COFFEE
DAY, Sir! It has been a pleasure having you over.”

TIP: It is not what you say , but how you say it!
 PRODUCTS AT CAFÉ COFFE DAY

Description of various Food and Beverages:

Hot Coffees

One Line Descriptions:

Espresso : Strong black coffee extracted at high pressure and
optimum temperature.

Espresso Americano : A shot of lightened Espresso

diluted with hot water.

Macchiato : A shot of Espresso topped up with milk

foam.

Cappuccino : Strong milk based coffee with a shot of

Espresso, milk and milk foam. It is one of the most popular hot coffees at
Cafe Coffee Day.

Café Latte : Milkier hot coffee, mild and goes best with coffee flavoring
syrups. It has a very thin layer of milk foam.

Chocochino : A blend of Chocolate ice cream and Espresso garnished with

a dollop of milk foam. It is neither a hot coffee nor a cold coffee. It is a warm
coffee.

Cafe Mocha: Chocolate flavored Cappuccino. Goes best when served with
whipped cream. Garnish it with a dash of cocoa powder.

Irish coffee: A light Espresso flavored with a choice of Irish Cream/

Hazelnut/ Caramel and topped with Whipped Cream.

Caffeine Kick: Double shot of espresso diluted with hot water.

Black Velvet: A'ristretto'strong coffee served around 5-20 ml.

Kenyan Safari : An international coffee with the hidden flavor of Blueberry.

Colombian Juan Valdez: Rich, mild international hot coffee with fruity
flavour.

Ethiopian Qahwah : International hot coffee with a hidden mocha flavour.

Hot chocolate : Lots and lots and lots of chocolate.

Cold Coffees

Tropical Iceberg : Ice blended cold coffee with notes of chocolate. It is the
most popular cold coffee across the country.

Tropical Temptation : A Tropical Iceberg topped with

whipped cream and a shot of chocolate sauce.

Cold Sparkle: Ice blended cold coffee with a sparkling

taste of coconut, it is among the earliest cold coffees
introduced in their menu.

Iced Eskimo : Ice blended cold coffee with notes of coffee and cream
balanced in right proportions.

Arabian Heights : Ice blended cold coffee with a distinct flavour of

cardamom.

Vegan Shake : It is made of 100 % pure vegetable fat and does not contain
any animal fat & dairy product. It is unique and is being launched for the first
time in the country by CCD.

Cappachillo : Coffee with sweetened creamy milk served on the rocks.

Mochachillo : Chocolate flavored coffee with sweetened

creamy milk
served on the rocks.

Cafe Frappe : A judicious blend of ice cream and coffee that

gives a smooth and creamy effect.

Almond frappe : Almond flavored rich, creamy cold coffee with whipped
cream, garnished with almond flakes.
Choco Frappe: A Cafe Frappe with an extra scoop of Vanilla ice cream and a
shot of chocolate sauce, garnished with cocoa powder.

Devils Own : A smooth blend of cream and coffee drenched with

chocolate sauce and topped up with a shot of whipped cream.

Kaapi Nirvana : It is their ultimate signature blend, very Indian with hidden
Caribbean taste, won the silver medal in the in the world barista
championship held in Oslo 2002. Rich coffee taste, heavy body with creamy
texture and does not require any additional flavors.

Fruit Frappe : A judicious blend of ice cream and fruits having different
fruity flavors and thick cool texture. (Mango Frappe, Strawberry Frappe,
Pineapple Frappe, Lichi Frappe, Cold Chocolate).

Teas

Assam Tea : A strong Tea grown in the best tea estates of Assam.

Masala Chai : High grade Assam tea in combination

with a Masala bag which is meticulously prepared with
pepper, cardamom and cinnamon to give an ethnic feel.

Ice Tea : A flavoured cold tea served with lemon juice on

the rocks,
garnished with a slice of lime.

Granitas / Cremosas

Granitas : A cool slush drink in different flavour variants

Pineapple Crush : Pineapple flavour.

Cool Blue : Orange & hidden flavour of mint.

Blood Orange : Orange flavour.

Smoothies : Ice-drinks blended with ice cream to give it a

creamy
texture, which gives a smooth creamy after taste
Strawberry/Mango Colada : A smoothie, flavoured with
strawberry/mango garnished with whipped cream.
Cremosa : A fizz drink served with fruit concentrate, soda and Ice
Cubes Served on the Rocks. (Flavor options: Litchi, Ginger Spice and Pina
Colada)

Desserts

Mousse Au chocolate : A double layered Chocolate mousse with a

combination of milk a dark chocolate & subtle coffee flavor for all the
chocolate lovers.

Mocha Pastry : A fresh coffee sponge cake flavored with Coffee cream and
syrup.

Chocolate Fantasy Cake : Rich Chocolate Pastry

pampered with a rich garnish with chocolate truffle swirl.

Pineapple Gateaux : Delicious cream and pineapple-

flavoured cake, very light and refreshing.

Chocolate Mousse : Creamy, Fluffy, Smooth, chocolate flavored dessert,

ideal with coffee.

Black forest Cake : The all time favorite Choco pastry with cherries suited
to our Indian palate.

Sugar/chocolate Doughnut : A deep-fried dumpling doused with

cinnamon flavoured top dipped in sugar or chocolate truffle.

Date & Walnut cake : Rich butter base Cake made of delicious combination
Dates & Walnut.

Chocolate Brownie : A rich dessert made with the

combination of chocolate, butter, walnuts best with coffee.
[TIP: Tastes best with a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream.]

Banana walnut cake : Delicious teacake flavored with bananas and walnuts
Marble cake : A delicious combination of chocolate and vanilla butter
sponge best with tea or coffee, topped with pure chocolate. Try with a scoop
of choc ice cream, vanilla ice cream, nuts & chocolate sauce.

Cookies : A crisp sweet snack accompanying all coffee and teas with choco
chips, chocolate ginger, peanut butter and coconut macaroon flavour options.
 THE LEVI’S CAMPAIGN

The 6” Below the Naval Jeans campaign, the Sykes Reversibles (Ulta Pulta)
campaign, the Levi’s 501 campaign, the TLTT (The Levi’s Torture Test), the
‘Hello Gorgeous’ campaign etc all are some of the successful in café
activations designed and executed for Levi’s. Every season CCD becomes an
important media for Levi’s to launch its new range of apparels. Along with
providing tremendous on ground visibility in terms of wall visuals, tent cards,
danglers, posters etc., a contest (wherein customers could win Levi’s clothes)
is designed to inject customer interactivity and to add excitement to the
entire campaign. The cohesiveness of the entire campaign is accentuated by
creating a new drink and christening it as the Levi’s drink for the promo
period!
 THE SUGAR FREE CAMPAIGN

In order to promote Sugar Free, CCD launched a “ Low calorie menu” in

association with the former for the calorie conscious. The new menu
consisted of a wide range of Low calorie Hot coffees, International coffees,
Tea, Tropical Iceberg & a range of veg. and non-veg. food as well as deserts
like Lemon Soufflé to name a few. This menu was communicated to the
customer by means of Sugar Free branded menu boards, menu cards etc.
Also, a few bottles of Sugar Free were displayed at the counter to serve as a
pointer to the on-going activity.
 THE TVS SCOOTY VALENTINE CAMPAIGN

The Valentine month in 2004 witnessed an innovative campaign for TVS

Scooty. CCD promoted TVS Scooty by means of a creative promotion which
besides adding visibility and customer interactivity also conveyed the brand
attitude to the end customer and helped them relate to the same. Through
the ‘TVS Scooty Valentine Singles Campaign’, customers were asked to enter
the contest of why they would rather be single and make TVS Scooty their
Valentine that year. To add to the festivities of the Valentine month, CCD
created 2 special combos called the TVS Valentine Combos– Hot & Cold
(2 ice blended Cold coffees/2 Café Mochas with a Chocolate Fantasy). The
contest was of course made attractive by the no. of freebies like Sony
Discmans & MP3 players etc. which customers stood to win. Not to mention
the Mega prize of a 4 stroke TVS Scooty for 2 lucky winners
 THE CHANNEL V- GET GORGEOUS HUNT

CCD was the exclusive on ground partner for the national hunt for the most
gorgeous female models by Channel V, wherein candidates could drop their
entry forms with portfolio at any CCD outlet. The event was heavily
promoted by CCD through in café branding and on air by Channel V. CCD
also launched a new range of ‘Get Gorgeous drinks’ as part of the promotion.
Innovative collaterals like branded stirrers etc. were used to add that extra
element of surprise. So much so was the success of the campaign that
Channel V has chosen CCD to be the on ground partner for ‘Get Gorgeous-
Part
 THE HIMALAYA HONEY CAMPAIGN

The Himalaya Drug Company had recently entered into a tie up with Café
Coffee Day to promote their honey. This honey was made available through
over 100 Café Coffee Day outlets across 7 cities, in a 3-month promotion
where Coffee Day customers experienced the taste of pure of honey in
innovative ways. Honey Cappuccino, Honey milk shake, rich chocolate cake
and ice cream topped with honey and nuts! Four unique dishes were
conceptualized by Café Coffee Day, each enriched with the goodness of pure
Himalaya Honey. These were an instant hit with the customers. In addition to
honey-based items, bottles of Himalaya Forest Honey were also available in
all Coffee Day outlets
 MOVIE TIE-UPS

CCD has become an important national on ground partner for Production

Houses to promote movies better among the masses by means of colourful
collaterals like – posters, tent cards, danglers et al. Interactivity is ensured
by conducting exciting contests around the movie wherein customers with
the correct answers stand to win movie cassettes, CDs, movie tickets as
prizes and also through a Lucky draw get a chance to win a ‘Coffee date with
their favourite movie stars’. Hence, the ‘touch & feel’ experience to the
movie.

The ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi’ Promotion:

The contest, starting July 10, 2004 ran across 168 cafes in 42 cities for a
month, where any customer billing a ‘Shagun’ amount of Rs 301 was
guaranteed to win at least one prize ranging from audiocassettes to movie
tickets and a chance to enter a lucky draw, which would win them a coffee
date with Priyanka Chopra. To heighten the excitement, CCD even created an
ambience of ‘Shaadi Season’ with cafe staff wearing heart shaped badges
with ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi Contest @ CCD’ pinned on their shirts. Creatively
designed posters and tent cards in the wedding card format were used as
tools to encourage customers to be a part of this contest.
Cafe Coffee Day in ‘wi-fi' tie-up with Microsense
Cafe Coffee Day, the country's leading chain of cafes,
has tied up with Microsense, provider of wireless
computing solutions, to wi-fi enable its coffee outlets
across the country.

BANGALORE, DHNS:
Partnering with
Microsense, Cafe Coffee Day has already
wi-fi enabled 50 of its outlets across
Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi and
Chennai.
The number would increase to 100 by
March, Cafe Coffee Day Chief
Executive Officer Naresh Malhotra told
newsmen here on Monday. In a phased
manner, all the Cafe Coffee Day
outlets, spread over 50 cities, will be wi-
fi enabled, he added.
Pointing out that the cafes had been
attracting huge number of
business customers, he said the
partnership would enable laptop and
PDA owners to hook to the
internet while sipping coffee at its
outlets.

Microsense Director N V Krishna said the wi-fi service would feature plug and
play functionality VPN support and always on connectivity. It would be
provided through post-paid and pre-paid access accounts supported by a
central authentication and billing platform developed and operated by
microsense, he added.
 CAFÉ BEAT MAGAZINE

Café Beat reaches more than a million smart, receptive and upwardly mobile
youth of India every month. It is one of the most widely read YOUTH
magazines in the country and is a part of one of the largest Indian retail
youth brands - Café Coffee Day.

CAFÉ BEAT FACTFILE:

12 pages, all colour, monthly tabloid.

Available at all cafes across the country (226 cafes in 55 locations as of

Today!).

Available FREE of cost to customers for in-café reading. Many customers also
carry it away for their referrals.

38% of the customers at CCD read Cafe Beat (survey conducted in Aug.'04
in the 4 metros.). CCD gets around 3 million walk-ins in all its cafes per
month.

Essentially a youth magazine covering topics like movies, music, travel,

lifestyle, e-dating, books, career etc. which interest the youth.

Displayed on magazine stands/counter at the cafes. The new issue is kept on

the tables during the first week for greater visibility.

Readership profile: Students and young professionals, mostly. SEC A and B.

 INSIDE CAFE BEAT - CCD’S OWN PROMOTIONAL
MAGAZINE

Every month Café Beat brews a story for the ‘young’

and the ‘young at heart’, a tale that they can relate to, a phase that they
have experienced or are doing so and a decoction, which makes them feel
FOREVER YOUNG!

Check out the FQ (‘Funk Quotient’) of college

bands in ‘Phat Noise’ and witness ‘The Ticket’ review the movies coming to
the theatres near you.

Be informed about the list of exciting events just

around the corner. You simply can’t miss these

Know more about the latest Cafe Coffee Day launched

in your neighbourhood and find the expert, Harish Bijoor throw light on how
the café of tomorrow will look and feel!
 Is Sandra Bullock still congenial? Is direction Antara

Mali’s cup of coffee?? Get your dose of gossip while navigating through the
grapevine.

Mr. Bean talks to the troubled hearted.

Add more Gadgets and Gizmos to your wishlist

with the G&G!

Know who all have bean modelling this month?

CUSTOMER PROFILE (TARGET AUDIENCE)

The café is a meeting place for 15-29 year olds, both male and female who
are served the best coffee by friendly and informed staff, in an uplifting and
invigorating ambience.

Teen-agers form 25% of CCD’s customers while 37% of

the customers are between 20 and 24years and another
24% belong to the age group of 25-29 years. Customers
within the age group of 30-34, 35-44 & >45 form 4%, 5%
and 5% respectively

18% of the customers visit the cafes daily while another

44% visit weekly. 22% of customers visit it occasionally
while 16% visit monthly. Each café, depending upon its
size attracts between 500 and 800 customers daily, mainly
between 4pm and 7 pm. Customers describe Café Coffee
Day as the place they frequent most after “home and
workplace/college”. It is a place where they meet friends
and colleagues, in groups of 3 or more; a place where
they rejuvenate and are free to be themselves rather than
a place to be “seen at” viz a viz other cafes.
 CAFÉ COFFEE DAY – MERCHANDISE

Every one likes to cherish good times with a hope that they last forever. CCD
make this a reality, in the form of merchandise, specially chosen and created
for the customers to carry a piece of the good times spent at Café Coffee
Day! So visit your nearest CCD to pick these trendy items of merchandise
today!! Funky Caps, Cool T-Shirts, Bags, Mugs, Coffee Filters, Mints.

Coffee Powders
Arabicaah, Perfect , Charge , Dark Forest .

New Introductions
Malabar Monsoon premium Coffee Powder

Varieties in coffee mugs

Funky T-shirts and Caps

CCD’s guide to Active Holidays (A travel guide focusing on adventure sports)

 AIR DECCAN TAKES CAFE COFFEE DAY TO THE SKIES

With Starbucks expected to enter the Indian market sooner rather than later,
it seems logical that India's leading fine coffee-cafe chain Cafe Coffee Day
should take to the skies, courtesy the country's pioneering low-budget airline
which now links up more urban centres — 46 at last count — than the
competition. Both Air Deccan's parent company Deccan Aviation and Cafe
Coffee Day took off in the same year from India's Garden City.

Cafe Coffee Day, a division of the Rs 300-crore Amalgamated Bean Coffee

Trading conglomerate, will now be the single-point vend or supplying snacks
and beverages on board all of Deccan Air's 186 daily flights.

Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) estimates that when the roll-out is in full flow, the
four million passengers on board Deccan Air flights could add up to Rs 20
crore a year to its annual turnover, at an average of Rs 50 per passenger.

For Deccan Air, the tie-up could enable the airlines to provide its passengers
with reasonably priced snacks and beverages of a standard quality. Which is
what its passengers are said to have indicated a preference for in a recent
survey. The CCD service will begin with the Bangalore-Chennai flights, and
will be extended to other sectors progressively. Since CCD has a pan-India
footprint, the strategy can be implemented seamlessly even in smaller
hinterland towns, where the competition —in both aviation and the fine
coffee cafe segment— does not have a presence.

The MoU to this effect was signed today by Air Deccan managing director
Captain GR Gopinath and Cafe Coffee Day director Naresh Malhotra.
Speaking on the occasion, Capt Gopinath quipped that another factor he and
Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading chairman VG Siddhartha and he owned
neighbouring coffee estates.
 CONCLUSION

The best known cup of coffee in town comes from here. You can't miss Cafe
Coffee Day; if there isn't one in your neighbourhood, there's one near your
college/office, You might as well give in, they're taking over. The college
crowd is big, because the rates are more or less affordable, office-goers hang
out here at lunch breaks to take in the laid-back air of the place, first-dates
meet here because it's neutral ground, and couples because they're not likely
to bump into their parents. You're left alone to play your favorites on the
jukebox and nurse your mug of coffee for however long you want. All at a
price, of course - Rs. 5 per favourite song and around Rs. 25 for the drink.

The range of coffees here, both cold and hot, is impressive. The latte (with
cinnamon, if you like it that way), Irish Coffee, Cappuccino and its chocolate-
y version, the Mochaccino are the most requested hot coffees. While the
Frappe, with chocolate ice-cream blended in, the Tropical Iceberg, which is
the classic cold coffee, and the award-winning Kaapi Nirvana are the chilled
favorites. Order cookies to go with it and, suddenly, none of your problems in
life will seem like such a big deal.
CCD also does a decent job of the teas, of which it has only three, but the
Masala Chai is good. The eats here are also very popular, in fact, many
people skip coffee altogether and just come here for the grub. For the most
part, though, the food here is nothing spectacular. Their ever-changing
menus haven't really improved matters, either.
CCD also sells its own range of t-shirts, coffee mugs and bags. Their line of
pre-packed coffee powders is steeply priced, but there is no dearth of takers,
and the filter-coffee has some dedicated drinkers

It’s hard to miss: It sports a youthful look. Plush, pleasing interiors, plus
colours such as lime green, yellow, purple and orange predominate make
Café Coffee Day a soft-low decibel spot for the trendy youth. Café Coffee
Day, a division of Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd (ABCTCL),
has become a hot brand with the youth. Truly, if excitement has an address,
it would be Café Coffee Day. It’s just the place to be.